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    "id": 974775,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/974775/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "id": 13331,
        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "National Building Code, which was never concluded because of one thing or another. It is the best way to go. But geographically, a sparse country like ours, with different housing expectations and housing definitions, it will be practically impossible to have one overriding building code that will uniformly cover the peculiar housing requirements of the people of north eastern and the people of Funyula Constituency. Some of the times we make very good proposals, but we need to subject them to reality checks to confirm that we know the correct position. So, it will be important that at a particular time we do a proper check to ensure that whatever we are coming up with is right. The NCA does not issue building permits. It merely inspects to confirm that the construction process meets engineering and basic construction standards. I can foresee a conflict between NCA and the county governments. So, it might be important we harmonise that process, together with the Physical Planning and Land Use Act as well as the Public Health Act. Otherwise, making those amendments alone without tying them to those other Acts will be an exercise in futility. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude, let me again put on record what my colleague has mentioned. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you are aware, we have a multiagency that was formed to weed out contraband goods and substandard goods and to sort out dumping. Obviously, it became necessary at that particular moment that we have to rethink the entire process. Quite a number of goods that were imported into this country turned out to be of lower standards than provided for by KEBS yet they were certified and allowed to come into the country. So, it was important that we start another process of randomly counterchecking. It is not a wholesale checking of goods and any other item brought into this country. I am sure the issue of edible oil is in court. It is only important to note that it was just random sampling where quite a number of containers failed the tests for fortified vitamins."
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